We
are surviving
in an era, where the communication is so quicker and so easier
through instant messaging, E-mail and with
a
batch
of social networking websites that snare around us every-time. Its a
man made own world, where, with in a single second, we can afloat the
different noes-is from one nook of the world to another nook of the
world and that without any
vehemence. Even there was a time when an individual can't even think
about these all tech gigs and all are babe-like
upon the letters and the postcards and
the telegrams (that terminated somewhere in this quick lifestyle to
get everything as fast and as soon as possible);
even before that there were the way of communication; to deliver the
message form one end to another end of the world was so different,
but today everything's on fingertips. We can deliver anything,
anywhere, whatever and wherever we want, with
a few moment of finger's breadth.
In
the age of so fast moving world, where Indian film makers are
creating the films with such high proficiencies and with so
antithetic flavors that crossed billions in just a week after
release. While there are a few persons who still wants to claim their
presence through their depth research of work and with different
methodology that brings artist and
spectator more
near to art. And undoubtedly Ritesh Batra comes as one of them. And without
any doubt, he
directed a literal love story that strengthen the maxim “One day
you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, when you feel more
connected to that stranger than anyone else, and that would happen
like nothing else.”
Leaving
behind all those famous filmmakers and those all phony movie recipes,
the debutant writer – director Ritesh Batra takes us on a love
journey and a beautiful blossoms between two heart, where the story
start with a lunch box that compassed on a wrong address and then
their start a love journey of two hearts through the exchange of
letters through
with
Lunch box. The whole movie runs on the theme that reads throughout
movie “Kabhi Kabhi galat train bhi sahi jagah pahuncha deti hai”
(Sometimes
even a wrong train can get you to the right destination). It
is one line that interrupts the films open ending.
It's
a
movie about the journey of Mr. Saajan (Irfan) and Ila (Nimrat Kaur)
who are living a spice-less existence. Sajaan is a widowed government
employee on the verge of early retirement after serving for his
organization for faithful 35 years. Ila, on the other hand is a
neglected, but a duty bound young housewife, who lives to serve her
husband and nurse her daughter. She determined to spice up her
loveless marriage and one day she decides to cook a delicious meal,
heeding the advice of well-meaning Aunty in the flat lived upstairs
(You can hear her
voice from upstairs whenever Ila engages in conversation with her).
But as fate would have it, a rare error in Mumbai's famously
efficient dabbawalla service results in the landing of lunch box at
grumpy accountant Mr. Saajan's desk. On
realizing that her lovingly prepared meal was eaten by someone else,
Ila encloses a note in the steel lunchbox the following day, leading
to a series of written notes that being passed on from one end to
another. With those all letters Ila gets an anchor that was missing
in her life and love brings a breath of fresh air in the autumn of
Mr. Saajan's life. Apart to that all, what
pulls the strings of the audience’s heart the most is the way
‘love’ cooks up between the pair sans any form of new age
communication. The
third helm
in this story is Nawazuddin Siddiqui's character Shaikh, a younger
officer composed
to take over from Saajan. Nawazuddin as Aslam is unintentionally
funny and he has got his comic timing right. His interesting
conversations with Saajan make the film more engaging and original.
While
watching the Bollywood’s two most dominant, talented and method
actors, we can say with a believe that the
unseen hero of this delicious love story is writer-director Ritesh
Batra who pulls off a near perfect script that's meditative
of a city and the people that live in it. This
film is a winner in
all
the way, an exceptional love story, where two individuals romance
each other. Through the relationships his characters share, he
displays a great understanding of human nature, embracing its own
many
complexities. He also masterfully blends food into this narrative,
turning it into such a sensory experience that you want to rush out
of the cinema and tuck into a lovely meal.
While entering in final review, I can say, it is one of the most beautifully and directed love story that reminds that script of "Sirf Tum" Movie, where also the love was happened in an incredible style. It is a story that is full of hope and is heart wrenching at the same time. A story that makes you want to break into spontaneous applause because it is incredible in so many ways. The second most loved Bollywood flick of this year, after Bhag Milkha Bhag.
Hats
off and Kudos to Ritesh Batra, eagerly waiting for your next class of
prowess.
Regards
Dhitendra
Keep Smiling :-)
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